07-01-2018, 07:52 PM | #11 |
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Re: Evil Runes: How to defeat?
Presumably destruction of the runes works whatever method you use. However, the odds of being able to use hammer and chisel on runes without setting the runes off (possibly many many times) seems low.
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07-01-2018, 11:48 PM | #12 |
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07-02-2018, 07:57 AM | #13 | |
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Re: Evil Runes: How to defeat?
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I don't usually include traps that can't be circumvented, though countermeasures may cost more resources than soaking the damage. For runes, I have allowed Shape Earth (at cost × 6 for worked stone) to destroy runes etched on stones. At a minimum cost of 12 FP, this seems like an appropriate sacrifice to deal with a trap. (The only time I've seen it done, the rune had already gone off on the lead delver; they wanted to destroy it so that they wouldn't deal with it again later.) This is not to say that I might not include more powerful runes later that might ignore or resist such magic. |
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07-02-2018, 06:16 PM | #14 |
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Re: Evil Runes: How to defeat?
As a Somewhat-Less-Than-Evil-GM, I appreciate both the answers of folks interpretations of RAW and ideas for house rules. I do have a Thief character in the party, so I may consider the Traps aspect in the future depending on the particular structure and setup of the Evil Runes.
It’s also good for me to understand the intent or concept of “Wandering Damage”; sometimes you just want the PCs to take some damage and pause to Heal or continue on immediately a bit weakened. Thanks everyone for the thoughts!
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07-03-2018, 06:00 AM | #15 |
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Re: Evil Runes: How to defeat?
We made extensive use of shape Earth and Earth to air and just dug a parallel tunnel.
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07-03-2018, 07:28 AM | #16 |
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Re: Evil Runes: How to defeat?
When I ran I Smell A Rat, my players also decided to Exorcise the runes, which I decided was a workable solution. It takes three hours, so that's a lot of wandering monsters to deal with and lost time if you've got time pressures.
Before, we've dealt with touch-activated Evil Runes all over the floor with the use of Walk On Air (and then were promptly attacked while over the runes - don't fall over!) As a player I've encountered Evil Runes that could be temporarily disarmed with the appropriate "passkey" token or symbol (explaining how dungeon residents deal with them). I've also run into Evil Runes that you just had to be damaged if you wanted to go by - my tendency to play big sacks of HP (aka barbarians) and HT has made this an acceptable solution to me :D
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07-03-2018, 11:03 AM | #17 |
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Re: Evil Runes: How to defeat?
What's wrong with a big ol' bottle of Gnomco Rune Be Gone? Sure it's heavy and expensive, but for convenient removal of Evil Runes (or unwanted skin) it's hard to beat!
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07-03-2018, 11:44 AM | #18 | |
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07-03-2018, 05:05 PM | #19 |
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Re: Evil Runes: How to defeat?
Evil runes are something I would like there to be hitpoints for. A three hour ritual makes sense but I would think that the more powerful the cleric the more damage he could do in a given period of time. The same is true of a wizard or maybe even a thief. I think of an evil rune as being able to take a certain amount of damage before being dispelled. More powerful clerics and wizards should be able to do more damage more quickly than less powerful ones IMO.
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07-07-2018, 03:21 PM | #20 |
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Re: Evil Runes: How to defeat?
A wizard with the right Earth spell or just some spell that makes the ground blow up would get rid of the Rune by disrupting the surface it is put on, right? Break the Rune and the magic will disperse, right?
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